Now there are reactions to Kalla fakta’s revelation about right-wing extremist Rasmus Paludan’s connections to people within the Wagner Group. – It’s a warning signal for everyone if you start having these people in your network, because they work for the Kremlin, says Mikael Tofvesson at the Agency for Psychological Defense. The operational manager at the Agency for Psychological Defense is now reacting to Kallafakta’s revelation about the far-right politician Rasmus Paludan’s connection to six men within the Wagner Group and its affiliated militias. – The interesting thing is that Prigozhin, who owns Wagner, is also central to the Russian influence apparatus. It’s a warning signal to everyone if you start having these people in your network, because they work for the Kremlin, says Mikael Tofvesson. Cold facts have access to a survey of 8,000 men within or connected to the Wagner group and these men’s accounts on social media. Rasmus Paludan’s now-blocked account on VKontakte, a Russian equivalent of Facebook, was friends with six of these. Among other things, a man who, according to Paliscope, is a well-known recruiter. When asked how Mikael Tofvesson views the idea that Russia may have had an interest in the chaos created by Paludan’s Koran burnings, he believes that it may be possible, even if there is no evidence that a foreign power acted. – It is not unreasonable to assume that this would be the case, one has to ask why they want to be friends with Paludan, why are they looking for contact there. It could be to start a relationship or to start building an impact. That’s how they work, he says. See the interview with Mikael Tofvesson in the player at the top of the article. Here you can see the entire Kalla fakta program about Paludan’s Wagner connection.
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The expert on Paludan’s Wagner connection: “A warning signal”
